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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 147 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nanomedicine
Oncology
Molecular medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,599
3,341
0.246
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
General economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,738
7,022
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
solid tumors
breast cancer
GI cancer
medical oncology
biological and targeted therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,418
1,958
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Human-Computer Interaction
Empirical Software Engineering
Technology Adoption
Social Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,573
705
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Classical Archaeology
Landscape Archaeology
Ancient History
Ancient Econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,497
507
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
economics
touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
646
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mikrobiologij
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,158
1,085
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
glazbena kultura
glazbena umjetnost
izvannastavne aktivnosti
kreativnost
škol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,069
689
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
međunarodna ekonomija
međunarodne financije
regionalne integracij
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,052
648
0.616
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
contemporary history
social history
socialist Yugoslavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
475
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
poremećaji hranjenja
slika tijela
uspješno starenj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
389
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
strategija
organizacija
rad s ljudima
menadžment promjena
konflikt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
414
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Reliable systems
software engineering
data processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
386
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Accounting
Non-financial reporting
Corporate social responsibilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
810
672
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sociologija turizma
turizam događaja
kreativne industrije
anglistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
699
413
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
marketing u turizm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
308
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621
507
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Economic growth & development
International economics
Macroeconomic modelling
Microeconomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
389
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Digital signal processing
Time-frequency analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
339
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marketing
Marketing Research
Services Marketing
Competition policy
Price managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
448
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
darovitost
dokimologija
istraživanje odgoja i obrazovanja
nastava
učenje i poučavanj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
347
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
genetics
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
191
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
laboratory medicn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
259
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Foreign language educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
295
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
dialectology
etimolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
143
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,496
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Krešimir Pavelić
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,599
3,341
0.246
Nanomedicine
Oncology
Molecular medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,610
60
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marinko Skare
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,738
7,022
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,632
158
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Damir Vrbanec
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,418
1,958
0.573
solid tumors
breast cancer
GI cancer
medical oncology
biological and targeted therap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543,464
439
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tihomir Orehovački
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,573
705
0.448
Human-Computer Interaction
Empirical Software Engineering
Technology Adoption
Social Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,815
472
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert Matijasic
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,497
507
0.339
Classical Archaeology
Landscape Archaeology
Ancient History
Ancient Econom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
652,830
615
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jasmina Gržinić
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
646
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,439
611
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Emina Pustijanac
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,158
1,085
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
680,418
650
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sabina Vidulin
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,069
689
0.645
glazbena kultura
glazbena umjetnost
izvannastavne aktivnosti
kreativnost
škol
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,253
656
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ines Kersan Škabić
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,052
648
0.616
međunarodna ekonomija
međunarodne financije
regionalne integracij
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,222
681
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Igor Duda
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
475
0.480
contemporary history
social history
socialist Yugoslavi
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,637
734
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neala Ambrosi Randić
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
389
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,357
746
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Marli Gonan Božac
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
414
0.473
strategija
organizacija
rad s ljudima
menadžment promjena
konflikt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,479
757
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tihana Galinac Grbac
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
386
0.446
Reliable systems
software engineering
data processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,710
791
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Adriana Galant
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
810
672
0.830
Accounting
Non-financial reporting
Corporate social responsibilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,254
888
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mauro Dujmovic
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
699
413
0.591
Sociologija turizma
turizam događaja
kreativne industrije
anglistik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859,498
936
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Danijela Križman Pavlović
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
308
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
872,446
965
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Petra Grbčić
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621
507
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
930,971
1,102
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Daniel Tomić
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
389
0.731
Economic growth & development
International economics
Macroeconomic modelling
Microeconomi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
937,311
1,130
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nicoletta Saulig
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
339
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
930,107
1,100
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dragan Benazic
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
448
0.841
Marketing
Marketing Research
Services Marketing
Competition policy
Price managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941,296
1,146
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sandra Kadum
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
347
0.669
darovitost
dokimologija
istraživanje odgoja i obrazovanja
nastava
učenje i poučavanj
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
975,221
1,256
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mauro Štifanić
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
191
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987,603
1,307
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lorena Honović
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
259
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,001,061
1,368
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Moira Bobanovic
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
295
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,015,425
1,431
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Goran Filipi
University of Pula
Pula, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
143
0.329